Roll, Jordan, Roll
Anonymous
La versione cantata nel film “12 Years a Slave”, diretto nel 2013 dal regista londinese Steve MacQueen, dove si racconta la storia di Solomon Northup, talentuoso violinista di colore, che nel 1841, da uomo libero che era, venne sequestrato e ridotto in schiavitù per 12 anni prima di riguadagnare la libertà.
ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL
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Contributed by B.B. 2020/2/16 - 16:21
Storia compatta della Vita
Riccardo Venturi, 08-02-2020 00:31
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Calendar and this Compact history of life by Deproducers certainly have very illustrious literary ancestors, from Lucretius' De rerum natura to the amazing Petite cosmogonie portative by Raymond Queneau (“A Pocket Cosmogony”, 1950). To the latter goes my special reference, a true universal cosmic calendar in verse, in which, on an admirable scale, the entire human history is compared to that of the Universe and is described with only two verses at the beginning of the sixth and last canto :
Le singe sans effort le singe devint homme
lequel un peu plus tard désagrégea the atom.
"The monkey, effortlessly, became the man,
who a little later disintegrated the atom."
Less than two seconds before the midnight of 31 December, in the calendar of Life: there we are all of us, in those two seconds. Two seconds of history in a whole year. [RV]
"There... (Continues)
Carl Sagan's Cosmic Calendar and this Compact history of life by Deproducers certainly have very illustrious literary ancestors, from Lucretius' De rerum natura to the amazing Petite cosmogonie portative by Raymond Queneau (“A Pocket Cosmogony”, 1950). To the latter goes my special reference, a true universal cosmic calendar in verse, in which, on an admirable scale, the entire human history is compared to that of the Universe and is described with only two verses at the beginning of the sixth and last canto :
Le singe sans effort le singe devint homme
lequel un peu plus tard désagrégea the atom.
"The monkey, effortlessly, became the man,
who a little later disintegrated the atom."
Less than two seconds before the midnight of 31 December, in the calendar of Life: there we are all of us, in those two seconds. Two seconds of history in a whole year. [RV]
"There... (Continues)
COMPACT HISTORY OF LIFE
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2020/2/8 - 00:32
Ο Διγενής
Anonymous
Note. The following translation by the Στίχοι user Andreas Cretensis is included in a note to another English translation by the user Μιλτος Μπ (26-11-2005), who totally misunderstood the meaning of the Greek verses. "Συγγνώμη η αγγλική μετάφραση δεν αποδίδει το νόημα. Η συντακτική της αγγλικής δεν τόσο ευλύγιστη όπως στα ελληνικά. Ιδιαίτερα στο πρώτο στίχο έχετε κάνει τα ονομαστικά αιτιατικά και αντίθετα."
DIGENES
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi - Ελληνικό Τμήμα των ΑΠΤ "Gian Piero Testa" 2020/2/7 - 07:11
Tριάντα καράβια αρμένιζαν
Anonymous
THIRTY SHIPS WERE SAILING
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Contributed by Riccardo Gullotta 2020/2/6 - 13:09
Sieħbi fil-cupboard tal-kċina
Non ho potuto non collaborare! Trovare il testo in Maltese e` stato difficile anche per me, Maltese di nascita. Quindi, quando trovo il testo in un sito non Maltese, ho pensato di ringraziare con la traduzione :)
Allego la traduzione in Inglese.
Riguardo se sono parentato con il Prof. Aquilina, sfortunatamente non lo sono. Vedo che era anche preside della facolta` delle arti presso il mio posto di lavoro, l'Universita` di Malta.
Non e` mai tardi per imparare, dicono. Lingua bellissima, che ruba dal Arabo, dal Inglese, dal Italiano, ma che e` sempre unica nel suo genere!
Ti saluto e ti ringrazio.
Allego la traduzione in Inglese.
Riguardo se sono parentato con il Prof. Aquilina, sfortunatamente non lo sono. Vedo che era anche preside della facolta` delle arti presso il mio posto di lavoro, l'Universita` di Malta.
Non e` mai tardi per imparare, dicono. Lingua bellissima, che ruba dal Arabo, dal Inglese, dal Italiano, ma che e` sempre unica nel suo genere!
Ti saluto e ti ringrazio.
2020/2/4 - 14:12
El incendio de Saloniki
Anonymous
THE FIRE OF SALONIKI
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Contributed by B.B. 2020/1/31 - 11:14
Genjer-genjer
Muhammad Arief
GENJER-GENJER
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2020/1/28 - 15:19
海闊天空 [Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies]
![海闊天空 [Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies]](img/thumb/c60514_130x140.jpeg?1579074509)
BOUNDLESS OCEANS, VAST SKIES
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2020/1/15 - 08:46
薩拉熱窩的羅蜜歐與茱麗葉 [Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo]
![薩拉熱窩的羅蜜歐與茱麗葉 [Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo]](img/thumb/c7564_130x140.jpeg?1328480063)
metroandro (L. Trans)
ROMEO AND JULIET IN SARAJEVO
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2020/1/15 - 08:03
Ei kuule kaupunki
paroles finnoises / Suomenkielisten sanojen englanninkielinen käännös: Juha Rämö
THE CITY DOESN'T HEAR
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2020/1/14 - 13:49
Δε θα ξαν΄αγαπήσω
I SHALL NOT LOVE AGAIN
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Contributed by Riccardo Gullotta 2020/1/13 - 22:55
Työttömän Valssi (Come Around Again Waltz)
WALTZ OF AN UNEMPLOYED MAN
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2020/1/13 - 14:46
Lilie
Before he closed the gate, he attired in steel and blown off candles,
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Contributed by Edvard Sidoryk 2020/1/12 - 16:32
Morituri te salutant
The path is the dust,
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Contributed by Edvard Sidoryk 2020/1/12 - 16:30
Not dè guèra
Riccardo Venturi, 09-01-2020 09:06
"A true story that tells what happened on the war front on Christmas eve of 1914/1915 between Italians and Austrians. The scene takes place on Mount Col del Rosso, near Mount Grappa: the Italians went out on patrol and, when they found the enemy behind them, they resigned themselves to the tragedy. By a miracle, the Austrians decided to leave their weapons and exchange with the Italians the sign of PEACE."
"A true story that tells what happened on the war front on Christmas eve of 1914/1915 between Italians and Austrians. The scene takes place on Mount Col del Rosso, near Mount Grappa: the Italians went out on patrol and, when they found the enemy behind them, they resigned themselves to the tragedy. By a miracle, the Austrians decided to leave their weapons and exchange with the Italians the sign of PEACE."
WAR NIGHT
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2020/1/9 - 09:07
Entenhausen bleibt stabil
ALL WELL IN DUCKBURG
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Contributed by Juha Rämö 2020/1/8 - 09:36
الوداع
The “Global Resistance Network” published a short singing tape of the Sahrawi artist Mariam Al-Hassan, recorded on August 06, 2015 in the Sahrawi refugee camps and titled Alwadae (“Farewell”)
The tape included touching words the skilled artist, who is in a difficult health situation, addresses to the Sahrawi people.
In this video, the Sahrawi artist recommends the Sahrawi people to withstand and preserve all its heritage, and expresses her great confidence that the rising generations keep on struggling and bringing the voice of the Sahrawi people beyond the borders.
For reference, the tape, which was recorded from inside her tent in the state of Smara, impressed many of the pioneers of social networks, who expressed a great emotion, wishing a speedy recovery to the Sahrawi artist.
The resistance network, which includes hundreds of people around the world who are defending peace and freedom, highlighted that Maryam El Hassan devoted her life to the struggle of the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination.
The tape included touching words the skilled artist, who is in a difficult health situation, addresses to the Sahrawi people.
In this video, the Sahrawi artist recommends the Sahrawi people to withstand and preserve all its heritage, and expresses her great confidence that the rising generations keep on struggling and bringing the voice of the Sahrawi people beyond the borders.
For reference, the tape, which was recorded from inside her tent in the state of Smara, impressed many of the pioneers of social networks, who expressed a great emotion, wishing a speedy recovery to the Sahrawi artist.
The resistance network, which includes hundreds of people around the world who are defending peace and freedom, highlighted that Maryam El Hassan devoted her life to the struggle of the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination.
FAREWELL
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2020/1/6 - 07:07
Elles sont venues pour dire
dopo aver percorso tutto il Mediterraneo da ovest a est, una traduzione in inglese più per necessità che per Gibilterra...
dal libretto del CD. Traduzione fornitaci gentilmente dalla stessa Mara Cantoni
dal libretto del CD. Traduzione fornitaci gentilmente dalla stessa Mara Cantoni
THEY HAVE COME HERE TO SAY
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2020/1/2 - 23:52
טום־באַלאַלײַקע
Anonymous
TUMBALALAIKA
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Contributed by Riccardo Gullotta 2020/1/2 - 23:17
Entenhausen bleibt stabil
English rewriting by Toten Hosen / Riscrittura inglese dei Toten Hosen / Remaniement en anglais par Toten Hosen / Toten Hosenin englanninkielinen (alkuperäinen?) versio
1999, Crash-Landing
1999, Crash-Landing
DISNEYLAND WILL STAY THE SAME
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Contributed by Dq82 2020/1/1 - 19:05
Uomini contro [Super Flumina Babylonis]
![Uomini contro [Super Flumina Babylonis]](img/thumb/c60444_130x140.jpeg?1577872075)
English translation / Traduzione inglese / Traduction anglaise/ Englanninkielinen käännös:
Riccardo Gullotta
Riccardo Gullotta
BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON
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Contributed by Riccardo Gullotta 2019/12/31 - 23:44
Il ritorno di un esiliato, o Già allo sguardo
Riccardo Venturi, 31-12-2019 08:39
THE RETURN OF AN EXILE, or AT ONE GLANCE
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2019/12/31 - 08:40
A Lot of Love
(2016)
“A Lot of Love” is the follow up song to “My Friend” and serves as a tribute to those killed by the hands of police of brutality—the most recent victims being Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
This song is more optimistic and uplifting due to its positive serenity. Chris’s songs usually are in the realm of making love but in this track his claim is to show love to all so we can rise up from our losses.
“A Lot of Love” is the follow up song to “My Friend” and serves as a tribute to those killed by the hands of police of brutality—the most recent victims being Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
This song is more optimistic and uplifting due to its positive serenity. Chris’s songs usually are in the realm of making love but in this track his claim is to show love to all so we can rise up from our losses.
A lot of love
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2019/12/29 - 13:05
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
No Justice No Peace
(2016)
"Being black in America, you have to know how to take punches from cops, the government and white society. That's what it means to be black. You have to be able to take punches and be able to keep moving."
Vibe
Vibe
No justice, no peace
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2019/12/29 - 12:59
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
Sad News
2016
Featuring Scarface
Following the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police officers, Swizz Beatz and Scarface linked up to record this powerful protest song.
Although it is unclear who Swizz Beatz is referencing in the second verse, the story shares many similarities with the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, despite Martin’s death occurring in Sanford, Florida.
On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin was walking back to his townhouse from a nearby convenience store. Trayvon, like the boy described in this verse, was wearing a hoodie. George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch coordinator, observed Martin and, paranoid as a result of a recent increase in burglaries in the neighborhood, reported Martin to the police. The police ordered Zimmerman to remain in his vehicle, but he instead followed Martin, eventually fatally shooting him just 70 yards from the teen’s... (Continues)
Featuring Scarface
Following the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police officers, Swizz Beatz and Scarface linked up to record this powerful protest song.
Although it is unclear who Swizz Beatz is referencing in the second verse, the story shares many similarities with the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, despite Martin’s death occurring in Sanford, Florida.
On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin was walking back to his townhouse from a nearby convenience store. Trayvon, like the boy described in this verse, was wearing a hoodie. George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch coordinator, observed Martin and, paranoid as a result of a recent increase in burglaries in the neighborhood, reported Martin to the police. The police ordered Zimmerman to remain in his vehicle, but he instead followed Martin, eventually fatally shooting him just 70 yards from the teen’s... (Continues)
*Fire*
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2019/12/29 - 12:25
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
The Silence of My Friends
2019
The Preacher, The Politician Or The Pimp
Liberamente ispirata da una frase di Martin Luther King
The Preacher, The Politician Or The Pimp
Liberamente ispirata da una frase di Martin Luther King
Backbiters and haters talk behind my back
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Contributed by Dq82 2019/12/29 - 08:28
Song Itineraries:
Martin Luther King, Violence on Women: just like and worse than war
White Privilege II
Alum: This Unruly Mess I’ve Made (2016)
Featuring Jamila Woods
Testo da genius
"It’s easier, as a white person, to be silent about racial injustice. It’s easier. On paper. But it’s not easier on the whole, because injustice affects all of us, whether we know it or not, whether we acknowledge it or not. At a certain point, this song might affect sales, this might affect touring, but it doesn’t matter if I’m not speaking up – if I’m not pushing myself to speak truth."
Macklemore
Featuring Jamila Woods
Testo da genius
"It’s easier, as a white person, to be silent about racial injustice. It’s easier. On paper. But it’s not easier on the whole, because injustice affects all of us, whether we know it or not, whether we acknowledge it or not. At a certain point, this song might affect sales, this might affect touring, but it doesn’t matter if I’m not speaking up – if I’m not pushing myself to speak truth."
Macklemore
Pulled into the parking lot, parked it
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2019/12/29 - 00:56
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
Better Days
(2016)
Featuring Ariana Grande
Di una banalità a tratti sconcertante, ma pur sempre una canzone contro la guerra, la violenza e il razzismo.
Featuring Ariana Grande
Di una banalità a tratti sconcertante, ma pur sempre una canzone contro la guerra, la violenza e il razzismo.
Victoria and Ariana recorded and released the songs due to all the violence that has occurred in the world especially this month due to what happened in Dallas, Texas and for the lives of those black lives that were lost due to the police.
This song is referring that violence is really corrupting our world and that we all, as humans, make mistakes and there is no need for violence and to inform people that even though the world is always going through a crisis we have better days to look for.
This song is referring that violence is really corrupting our world and that we all, as humans, make mistakes and there is no need for violence and to inform people that even though the world is always going through a crisis we have better days to look for.
Baby, there's a war right outside our window
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2019/12/29 - 00:32
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
My Identity
2016
Album Inappropriate Behaviour
Featuring Larynx
Album Inappropriate Behaviour
Featuring Larynx
It's my Identity
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2019/12/28 - 23:19
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
Dust
1987
The door slams, dust between the cracks
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2019/12/27 - 21:02
Song Itineraries:
War in Vietnam: Veterans and consequences
Woodman, Spare That Tree!
[1830]
Versi di George Pope Morris (1802-1864), editore e poeta statunitense
Musica composta nel 1837 da Henry Russell (1812-1900), pianista, cantante e compositore inglese
The first american environmental protest song?
Versi di George Pope Morris (1802-1864), editore e poeta statunitense
Musica composta nel 1837 da Henry Russell (1812-1900), pianista, cantante e compositore inglese
The first american environmental protest song?
Woodman spare that tree!
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Contributed by Bernart Bartleby 2019/12/26 - 21:49
Song Itineraries:
War on Earth
Tulsa 1921
2011
Rag and bone
Words & Music by Bryan Hembree
98 years ago today Greenwood was burning. Known then as the "Black Wall Street" Greenwood, on the edge of Downtown Tulsa was one of the most affluent African American business districts and communities in America. In the span of 36 hours a mob burned it to the ground. By most accounts, hundreds of Greenwood residents lost their lives. A horrific tragedy. As a kid growing up in Tulsa in the 1980's, the story was rarely talked about. It shocked me and saddened me and so many other Tulsans, but it was a mere undercurrent. It had happened so long ago, and been talked about so little that some people treated it more as a myth than the reality and tragedy it was. When I was writing this song 10 years ago, I tried to imagine what Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan would have said had then written about the Greenwood massacre. I remember feeling that... (Continues)
Rag and bone
Words & Music by Bryan Hembree
98 years ago today Greenwood was burning. Known then as the "Black Wall Street" Greenwood, on the edge of Downtown Tulsa was one of the most affluent African American business districts and communities in America. In the span of 36 hours a mob burned it to the ground. By most accounts, hundreds of Greenwood residents lost their lives. A horrific tragedy. As a kid growing up in Tulsa in the 1980's, the story was rarely talked about. It shocked me and saddened me and so many other Tulsans, but it was a mere undercurrent. It had happened so long ago, and been talked about so little that some people treated it more as a myth than the reality and tragedy it was. When I was writing this song 10 years ago, I tried to imagine what Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan would have said had then written about the Greenwood massacre. I remember feeling that... (Continues)
A shot rings out in the middle of the night
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Contributed by Dq82 + Bryan Hembree 2019/12/26 - 12:14
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA
Heureux qui comme Ulysse
HAPPY HE, WHO LIKE ULYSSES
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2019/12/25 - 08:37
I Believe in Father Christmas
(1975)
Testo di Peter Sinfield
Musica di Greg Lake
con una citazione del IV movimento (Troika) de “Il luogotenente Kijé” di Sergej Prokof'ev
Una canzone sulla perdita dell'innocenza e sulla fine delle illusioni dell'infanzia, quando ancora crediamo a Babbo Natale o alla pace nel mondo.
"E io credevo in Babbo Natale, e guardavo al cielo con occhi eccitati, fino a quando mi svegliai con uno sbadiglio alle prime luci dell'alba, e lo vidi attraverso il suo travestimento".
[...] Il finale non placa neanche per un attimo il clima straniante, con Lake che augura agli ascoltatori un Natale pieno di speranza e un anno nuovo nel segno del coraggio, ma torna subito dopo a riflettere sulle tante traballanti illusioni di quel periodo, prima fra tutte la pace in terra, concludendo con il verso capolavoro "Hallelujah, Noel, che sia inferno o paradiso, il Natale che abbiamo è quello che meritiamo" (con la voce che si sdoppia durante la pronuncia delle parole chiave "heaven or hell").
OndaRock
Testo di Peter Sinfield
Musica di Greg Lake
con una citazione del IV movimento (Troika) de “Il luogotenente Kijé” di Sergej Prokof'ev
Una canzone sulla perdita dell'innocenza e sulla fine delle illusioni dell'infanzia, quando ancora crediamo a Babbo Natale o alla pace nel mondo.
"E io credevo in Babbo Natale, e guardavo al cielo con occhi eccitati, fino a quando mi svegliai con uno sbadiglio alle prime luci dell'alba, e lo vidi attraverso il suo travestimento".
[...] Il finale non placa neanche per un attimo il clima straniante, con Lake che augura agli ascoltatori un Natale pieno di speranza e un anno nuovo nel segno del coraggio, ma torna subito dopo a riflettere sulle tante traballanti illusioni di quel periodo, prima fra tutte la pace in terra, concludendo con il verso capolavoro "Hallelujah, Noel, che sia inferno o paradiso, il Natale che abbiamo è quello che meritiamo" (con la voce che si sdoppia durante la pronuncia delle parole chiave "heaven or hell").
OndaRock
They said there'll be snow at Christmas
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2019/12/24 - 22:09
James White: Christmas With Satan
[1982]
Parole e musica di James Chance, o James White, nato James Siegfried (1953), sassofonista, singer songwriter, esponente del genere No-Wave.
Nella curiosa compilation natalizia “A Christmas Record”, realizzata nel 1982 dallla ZE Records
Testo trovato su Genius
Parole e musica di James Chance, o James White, nato James Siegfried (1953), sassofonista, singer songwriter, esponente del genere No-Wave.
Nella curiosa compilation natalizia “A Christmas Record”, realizzata nel 1982 dallla ZE Records
Testo trovato su Genius
Last Christmas Eve I didn't feel too jolly
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Contributed by Bernart Bartleby 2019/12/24 - 18:43
Song Itineraries:
The Devil
The Pause of Mr. Claus
[1968]
Parole e musica di Arlo Guthrie
In "Arlo", album dal vivo registrato nell'ottobre del 1968 al "The Bitter End Cafe”, locale del Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NYC.
Testo trovato su Genius
La lunga intro a questa canzoncina "natalizia" credo si riferisca ai problemi che Arlo ma anche e soprattutto suo padre Woody Guthrie ebbero entrambi con la polizia politica statunitense, quel Federal Bureau of Investigation che dal 1935 fino al 1972 fu ininterrottamente guidato da un vero e proprio cagnaccio, visceralmente anticomunista, Mr. Edgar J. Hoover...
Parole e musica di Arlo Guthrie
In "Arlo", album dal vivo registrato nell'ottobre del 1968 al "The Bitter End Cafe”, locale del Greenwich Village, Manhattan, NYC.
Testo trovato su Genius
La lunga intro a questa canzoncina "natalizia" credo si riferisca ai problemi che Arlo ma anche e soprattutto suo padre Woody Guthrie ebbero entrambi con la polizia politica statunitense, quel Federal Bureau of Investigation che dal 1935 fino al 1972 fu ininterrottamente guidato da un vero e proprio cagnaccio, visceralmente anticomunista, Mr. Edgar J. Hoover...
[Spoken Introduction]
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Contributed by Bernart Bartleby 2019/12/24 - 18:05
Different
(2019)
Album African Giant
Featuring Damian Marley & Angélique Kidjo
The song has been described as an exchange of monologues on inequality across the world and the confrontational prophets that these times require.
Genius
Album African Giant
Featuring Damian Marley & Angélique Kidjo
The song has been described as an exchange of monologues on inequality across the world and the confrontational prophets that these times require.
Genius
[Intro: Damian Marley]
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2019/12/24 - 00:11
Dieu s'il existe
Riccardo Venturi, 23-12-209 10:46
GOD – IF IT EXISTS
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2019/12/23 - 10:47
We Will Not Bow Down to Genocide
[1968]
Lyrics and music / Testo e musica / Paroles et musique / Sanat ja sävel: Leonard Hunt Chandler
Album / Albumi: Originalmente non pubblicata in album / Originally unrealeased in album
Versione modificata / Modified Version: Freedom is A Constant Struggle - Songs of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement [1994]
Len (Leonard Hunt) Chandler, nato il 27 maggio 1935 a Akron nell'Ohio, ha pubblicato soltanto due album in proprio, e tutti e due nel 1967: To Be a Man e The Lovin' People. Nel 1968 ha collaborato ad un album di Lee Irwin & The Credibility Gap, An Album of Political Pornography. Per il resto, canzoni sparse e unreleased in album, come questa; ciò non gli ha impedito di essere considerato, tra la fine degli anni '60 e gli inizi degli anni '70, tra i più influenti artisti afroamericani, e tra i più coerentemente impegnati. Sostenitore riconosciuto del Black Power, il tema... (Continues)
Lyrics and music / Testo e musica / Paroles et musique / Sanat ja sävel: Leonard Hunt Chandler
Album / Albumi: Originalmente non pubblicata in album / Originally unrealeased in album
Versione modificata / Modified Version: Freedom is A Constant Struggle - Songs of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement [1994]
Len (Leonard Hunt) Chandler, nato il 27 maggio 1935 a Akron nell'Ohio, ha pubblicato soltanto due album in proprio, e tutti e due nel 1967: To Be a Man e The Lovin' People. Nel 1968 ha collaborato ad un album di Lee Irwin & The Credibility Gap, An Album of Political Pornography. Per il resto, canzoni sparse e unreleased in album, come questa; ciò non gli ha impedito di essere considerato, tra la fine degli anni '60 e gli inizi degli anni '70, tra i più influenti artisti afroamericani, e tra i più coerentemente impegnati. Sostenitore riconosciuto del Black Power, il tema... (Continues)
I heard a young boy say,
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Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2019/12/23 - 09:02
Song Itineraries:
Racism and Slavery in the USA, War in Viet Nam as seen from the U.S.
St. Pauli
The album that this song comes from is called "Mazel Tov" and is filled with references to Yiddish imaginary and klezmer music.
St. Pauli is a football team from the German town of Hamburg, known for the unmistakable political orientation of its fan club.
It seems that among the "certified" fans of St. Pauli there is also an administrator of this site... [INSCO]
As a "certified fan" of St. Pauli I must say that this song, in the German version, has essentially become the official anthem of the team; or it is perceived as such. [RV]
St. Pauli is a football team from the German town of Hamburg, known for the unmistakable political orientation of its fan club.
It seems that among the "certified" fans of St. Pauli there is also an administrator of this site... [INSCO]
As a "certified fan" of St. Pauli I must say that this song, in the German version, has essentially become the official anthem of the team; or it is perceived as such. [RV]
ST. PAULI
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Contributed by ZugNachPankow 2019/12/21 - 20:42
Mother
Album Brutalism (2019)
Mother deconstructs the term “Mother Fucker” into its literal and metaphorical meaning.
Metaphorically, the singer’s mother was fucked over by a system that required her to work increasingly long hours, mostly unpaid, just to provide for her children.
Literally, the singer is furious at how little empathy men can have for women over sexual assault. It’s a pervasive and complex phenomenon that makes women fear for their lives. How can you mother fuckers not see how terrible mother fuckers are?
“Mother” was a song that explored the roles of my mother and, in turn, of women in my life. The lyric you plucked was inspired by a Margaret Atwood quote which opened my mind to sexual violence and led me to think of my mother’s past relationships and her vulnerability as a woman beyond her as a mum. “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” I didn’t want the song to lead the listener down a certain path, but intend to open up conversations of womanhood.
genius
Mother deconstructs the term “Mother Fucker” into its literal and metaphorical meaning.
Metaphorically, the singer’s mother was fucked over by a system that required her to work increasingly long hours, mostly unpaid, just to provide for her children.
Literally, the singer is furious at how little empathy men can have for women over sexual assault. It’s a pervasive and complex phenomenon that makes women fear for their lives. How can you mother fuckers not see how terrible mother fuckers are?
“Mother” was a song that explored the roles of my mother and, in turn, of women in my life. The lyric you plucked was inspired by a Margaret Atwood quote which opened my mind to sexual violence and led me to think of my mother’s past relationships and her vulnerability as a woman beyond her as a mum. “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” I didn’t want the song to lead the listener down a certain path, but intend to open up conversations of womanhood.
genius
My mother worked 15 hours 5 days a week
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2019/12/19 - 15:53
How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
2008
Along The Miners' Rows
“(Along The Miners' Rows) summon(s) up and celebrate(s) the rich cultural history of central Scotland’s now-vanished mining communities”
The Herald
Along The Miners' Rows
“(Along The Miners' Rows) summon(s) up and celebrate(s) the rich cultural history of central Scotland’s now-vanished mining communities”
The Herald
HOW CAN A POOR MAN STAND SUCH TIMES AND LIVE?
(Continues)
(Continues)
2019/12/16 - 16:12
The Day That All the Lights Went Out
2008
Along The Miners' Rows
“(Along The Miners' Rows) summon(s) up and celebrate(s) the rich cultural history of central Scotland’s now-vanished mining communities”
The Herald
Along The Miners' Rows
“(Along The Miners' Rows) summon(s) up and celebrate(s) the rich cultural history of central Scotland’s now-vanished mining communities”
The Herald
Hear the miners’ heavy tramping,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2019/12/16 - 10:35
Song Itineraries:
The War of Labour: Emigration, Immigration, Exploitation, Slavery
Where Can a Miner Go?
2008
Along The Miners' Rows
“(Along The Miners' Rows) summon(s) up and celebrate(s) the rich cultural history of central Scotland’s now-vanished mining communities”
The Herald
Along The Miners' Rows
“(Along The Miners' Rows) summon(s) up and celebrate(s) the rich cultural history of central Scotland’s now-vanished mining communities”
The Herald
Where can a miner go?
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2019/12/16 - 10:33
Song Itineraries:
The War of Labour: Emigration, Immigration, Exploitation, Slavery
The Miner's Widows Lament
2008
Along The Miners' Rows
“(Along The Miners' Rows) summon(s) up and celebrate(s) the rich cultural history of central Scotland’s now-vanished mining communities”
The Herald
Along The Miners' Rows
“(Along The Miners' Rows) summon(s) up and celebrate(s) the rich cultural history of central Scotland’s now-vanished mining communities”
The Herald
The life has been torn out from me,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2019/12/16 - 10:31
Song Itineraries:
The War of Labour: Emigration, Immigration, Exploitation, Slavery
Digging Coal
2008
Along The Miners' Rows
“(Along The Miners' Rows) summon(s) up and celebrate(s) the rich cultural history of central Scotland’s now-vanished mining communities”
The Herald
Along The Miners' Rows
“(Along The Miners' Rows) summon(s) up and celebrate(s) the rich cultural history of central Scotland’s now-vanished mining communities”
The Herald
In nineteen hundred five, digging coal.
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2019/12/16 - 10:30
Song Itineraries:
The War of Labour: Emigration, Immigration, Exploitation, Slavery
Along the Miners' Rows
2008
Along The Miners' Rows
“(Along The Miners' Rows) summon(s) up and celebrate(s) the rich cultural history of central Scotland’s now-vanished mining communities”
The Herald
Along The Miners' Rows
“(Along The Miners' Rows) summon(s) up and celebrate(s) the rich cultural history of central Scotland’s now-vanished mining communities”
The Herald
About a hundred families lived here one day,
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2019/12/16 - 10:29
Song Itineraries:
The War of Labour: Emigration, Immigration, Exploitation, Slavery
It’s Time to Take a Stand (in Memoriam Pino Pinelli)
In occasione dei 50 anni dalla morte di Pino Pinelli, illàchime quartet ne omaggia la memoria con il remix di un pezzo apparso sul secondo album del 2009, realizzato assieme a Mark Stewart (voce del Pop Group, una delle band più politicizzate del post-punk britannico)
illàchime quartet è un progetto sostenuto da l'Asilo di Napoli
Da Catena musicale per non dimenticare Pinelli e Piazza Fontana
illàchime quartet è un progetto sostenuto da l'Asilo di Napoli
Da Catena musicale per non dimenticare Pinelli e Piazza Fontana
This song is dedicated
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by adriana 2019/12/16 - 08:08
Heresy
1991
Album: Roll The Bones
Album: Roll The Bones
All around that dull gray world
(Continues)
(Continues)
2019/12/15 - 21:46
Song Itineraries:
The Berlin Wall, 1961-1989
En la plaza de mi pueblo
Anonymous
IN THE SQUARE OF MY VILLAGE
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Riccardo Venturi 2019/12/11 - 22:34
Wilding's Dream
2009
Zagor King of Darkwood
Testo incompleto trascritto all'ascolto
IL MIO NOME È ZAGOR
Za-gor-te-nay, lo Spirito con la Scure, l'invincibile giustiziere di Darkwood.
Il suo vero nome è Patrick Wilding, ma gli indiani lo chiamano Za-gor-te-nay, "Lo Spirito con la Scure". Sulla Vecchia Frontiera americana della prima metà del Diciannovesimo secolo, Zagor si batte per mantenere la pace, proteggere le tribù indiane e dare la caccia ai criminali. Figlio di un ufficiale dell'esercito ritiratosi a vivere da pioniere nei boschi del Nord-Est, Patrick Wilding vede morire i genitori a opera di una banda di indiani Abenaki, guidati da Salomon Kinsky. Raccolto da uno strano filosofo vagabondo che si fa chiamare Wandering Fitzy e che gli fa da maestro, il ragazzo cresce desiderando la vendetta. Quando riesce ad attuarla, scopre, però, che il padre era stato a sua volta un massacratore di indiani... (Continues)
Zagor King of Darkwood
Testo incompleto trascritto all'ascolto
IL MIO NOME È ZAGOR
Za-gor-te-nay, lo Spirito con la Scure, l'invincibile giustiziere di Darkwood.
Il suo vero nome è Patrick Wilding, ma gli indiani lo chiamano Za-gor-te-nay, "Lo Spirito con la Scure". Sulla Vecchia Frontiera americana della prima metà del Diciannovesimo secolo, Zagor si batte per mantenere la pace, proteggere le tribù indiane e dare la caccia ai criminali. Figlio di un ufficiale dell'esercito ritiratosi a vivere da pioniere nei boschi del Nord-Est, Patrick Wilding vede morire i genitori a opera di una banda di indiani Abenaki, guidati da Salomon Kinsky. Raccolto da uno strano filosofo vagabondo che si fa chiamare Wandering Fitzy e che gli fa da maestro, il ragazzo cresce desiderando la vendetta. Quando riesce ad attuarla, scopre, però, che il padre era stato a sua volta un massacratore di indiani... (Continues)
My life 've been branded
(Continues)
(Continues)
Contributed by Dq82 2019/12/11 - 18:37
La poesía es un arma cargada de futuro
(si riportano qui solo le strofe cantate)
POETRY IS A WEAPON LOADED WITH THE FUTURE
(Continues)
(Continues)
2019/12/10 - 12:05
Like Fleas
(2019)
Album: South of Reality
Come pulci. L'Umanità è una colonia di parassiti per la Madre Terra, che prima o poi se li scrollerà di dosso come un cane e a forza di uragani e terremoti.
A suo modo una canzone ambientalista che credo piacerà al nostro B.B. che da tempo appoggia l'estinzione umana eco-sostenibile.
Album: South of Reality
Come pulci. L'Umanità è una colonia di parassiti per la Madre Terra, che prima o poi se li scrollerà di dosso come un cane e a forza di uragani e terremoti.
A suo modo una canzone ambientalista che credo piacerà al nostro B.B. che da tempo appoggia l'estinzione umana eco-sostenibile.
They say Mother Earth is dying
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2019/12/9 - 23:44
Song Itineraries:
War on Earth
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